'I don't know why I think this,' wrote my brother in an e mail the other day, 'but I have the impression that you are about to leave Berlin. Is that true
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Move to Athens! Woohoo!fufurasuOctober 25 2004, 02:37:54 UTC
I want to move to central Athens, so I have been looking at the relative merits of its many varied districts. In all, I think it would be right up your street, Nick. There is the anatolian food, the arabic scales, the smells and the grit, the weather is pretty glorious, and pre-enlightenment attitudes abound. The effect would be accentuated for you because of your memories of 70s Athens. On the other hand, Athens is pretty damn forward. To wet your appetite, this week I'll be going to a photograpic exhibition by Yukari Ueda, a Japanese girl studying at the Athens school of fine arts, whose photographs attempt to accentuate the similarities between Athens and Japan. And I am positive that if you got a show at Bios the place would be absolutely packed.
I have been rediscovering Athens for the past couple of months, after being in the UK for nine years, and have written a fair bit about it in my blog recently. It includes photos of Takashi Murakami art, Karim Rashid interiors, and spaces "like something out of Momus’s photos of Berlin," all from Athens.
I agree with Mehmet that you would also enjoy going to the source, Istanbul, athough I haven't been there yet so I can't suggest specific spots.
Re: Move to Athens! Woohoo!imomusOctober 25 2004, 03:47:25 UTC
Thissio is apparently the district to be in, according to my friend Babis, who's building a house there. But he may be biased.
I like the sound of that photography show about the similarities between Athens and Japan, I was riffing on the same theme when I first went to live in Tokyo and compared it to Athens.
I have been rediscovering Athens for the past couple of months, after being in the UK for nine years, and have written a fair bit about it in my blog recently. It includes photos of Takashi Murakami art, Karim Rashid interiors, and spaces "like something out of Momus’s photos of Berlin," all from Athens.
I agree with Mehmet that you would also enjoy going to the source, Istanbul, athough I haven't been there yet so I can't suggest specific spots.
By the way, on the work ethic, I was recently introduced to Bertrand Russell's "In Praise of Idleness" from 1932.
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I like the sound of that photography show about the similarities between Athens and Japan, I was riffing on the same theme when I first went to live in Tokyo and compared it to Athens.
I'll check your blog now!
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